Button and buttonhole marker.



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BUTTON AND BUTTONHOLE MARKER.

APPLIGATION FILED MAY 28, 1913. 1,094,334, Patented Apr. 21, 1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

GEORGE H. I-IURD, 0F FARMINGTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE, ASSIG-NOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM R. STACEY, OF FARMINGTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

BUTTON AND BUTTONHOLE MARKER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. Hum), a citizen of the United States, residing at Farmington, in the county of Strafford and State of New Hampshire, have invented new and useful Improvements in Button and Buttonhole Markers, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a boot or shoe marking machine, and more particularly to the class of machines for marking the uppers or quarters of boots or shoes for the buttons and buttonholes.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a machine of this character wherein the uppers of boots or shoes will be accurately marked both on the fly and the outside section thereof without perforating or damaging the leather, so that marks will appear thereon to indicate the places where the buttons are to be secured, and the places where the buttonholes are to be made, thus enabling the buttons to be secured and the buttonholes made in accordance with the marks, whereby the finished boot or shoe will have its buttons and buttonholes in their true and proper relation or positions to each other and to the parts of the upper of the boot or shoe so that the latter will properly fit the wearer.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a machine of this character wherein the upper of a boot or shoe will be properly guided for the marking of the same for placing the buttons thereon and the making of the buttonholes therein, the machine being provided with a gage which permits the spacing of the marks with uniformit-y and accuracy to assure the proper positioning of the buttons and the making of the buttonholes wit-h relation to each other and in accordance with the marking on the shoe upper.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a marking machine of this character which is simple in construction, readily and easily manipulated, thoroughly reliable and efficient in operation, and inexpensive in manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 28, 1913.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914:.

Serial No. 770,440.

the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a top plan view of a machine constructed in accordance wit-h the invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a side elevation. Fig. 4 is a side elevation showing a sectional view on the line 1- 1 of Fig. 1 of some of the parts of themachine. Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 55 of Fig. 1.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, the machine comprises a bed 5, preferably constructed from sheet steel, which is fastened in any suitable manner to a horizontal support. Fixed to and extending medially over the plate is a pressure arm 6 which is in the form of a crane, the base 7 of the said arm being bolted or otherwise secured tothe said bed. The free end of the arm is fitted with a removable pressure studi 8 which is held fast therein by means of a set screw 9 threaded in the end of the said arm.

Arranged at opposite sides of the arm 6 and fixed to the bed 5 are vertical standards 10 which are arranged in alinement parallel with the front edge of the bed and support a connecting rod 11 which is held fasttherein by means of set screws 12 threaded in the said standards 10 and engaged with the rod for holding it against turning movement within the standards. Adjustably supported upon the connecting rod 11 under the arm 6 is a hanger 13 which carries a set screw let adapted to engage the connecting rod 11 to hold the hanger 13 in its adjusted position. Fix-ed to the hanger 13 and projecting outwardly and downwardly beneath the pressure stud 8 is a resilient support 15, the free end of which is formed with a raised marking spur or tip 16 which alines with the pressure stud 8, yet is normally spaced therefrom, the said spur or tip 16 being designed to make an impression in the outer sectionof a boot or shoe upper for the marking thereof to indicate the place for a button. Adjustably mounted upon the free end of the resilient support 15 spaced from the inner side of the spur or tip 16 is a shoe or boot upper fly gage 17, the same being adjustable through the medium of the screw 18 connecting it with the resilient support 15, and against this gage 17 works the outer edge of the fly of a boot or shoe upper so as to permit the marking thereof by the spur or tip 16 at the proper distance removed from the said free edge working against the gage during the operation of the machine.

Carried by the connecting rod 11 at one side of the hanger 13 thereon is a spacer rod holder 19, the same being adjustably fixed to the said rod by means of a set screw 20, and upon this holder 19 is mounted a screw 21 to which is connected a swiveled stud 22 carrying a spacer rod 23, the inner end of which works against an adjusting screw 2 L threaded in a bearing 25 formed on and rising from the holder 19, while the opposite end is down-turned to form a spacer point 26 to cooperate with a graduated scale 27 for a purpose presently described.

Fixed to the bed 5 at the forward righthand corner thereof is a resilient marking support 28 which is preferably constructed from a flat thin steel plate, the free end of which projects below the free end of the resilient support 15 and carries a marking spur or tip 29 which is in alinement with the spur or tip 16 and the pressure stud 8 so as to cooperate therewith for the marking of the outer section of the upper of a boot or shoe to indicate the place for the fasteningof each button to the said upper. This resilient marking support 28 carries the graduated scale 27 with which cooperates the pointer 26 of the spacer rod 23, the said resilient support 28. being acted upon by means of an adjustable lever 30 pivoted at 31 to the bed 5, and this lever is formed with a finger nib 32 so that it may be actuated to engage between the resilient support 28 and the bed 5 for spacing the said support 28 away from the bed 5 so that the inner section of a shoe upper can be inserted in the said space between the bed and the support 28 for the marking of the outer section of the upper during the operation of the machine. The lever 30 serves to space the support 28 so as to accommodate various thicknesses of leather from which the shoe upper is made.

forking through the bed 5 in alinement with the pressure stud 8 and resilient supports 15 and 28 is a pressure plunger 33 which is pivoted to a plunger operating lever 34 pivoted at 35 intermediate its ends in bearings 36 integral with and depending from the bed plate 37 which is fixed to the under face of the support carrying the bed 5, and this lever is connected with a treadle operated rod 38, the lever being acted upon by means of a coiled retractile spring 39 which is connected thereto and to the bed 37 which is adapted to normally sustain the plunger 33 in lowered position and inactive against the resilient working supports. Now, on the raising of the plunger 33 it acts directly upon the free ends of the resilient supports 15 and 28 so that the spurs l6 and 29 thereon respectively will approach the pressure stud 8 for acting against the fly and outer section of a boot or shoe upper for the marking thereof to indicate the places where the button-holes are to be made and also the places where the buttons are to be secured thereto.

Connected with the spacer rod 23 near the inner end thereof is one end of a coiled retractile spring 40 which is also connected to the standard 10 adjacent thereto so as to normally sustain the said inner end of the spacer rod 23 in contact with its adjusting screw 24 as will be apparent.

In the operation of the machine the shoe upper is positioned so that the inner section will underlie the resilient support 28, the upper section will overlie the same, and the fly of the said upper will be positioned in overlapping relation to the outer section thereof, thus positioning the parts of the upper with relation to the marking spurs or tips 16 and 29 on the resilient supports 15 and 28 respectively, whereby on the raising of the plunger the said parts of the upper will be properly marked with accuracy for indicating the place where the buttonholes are to be made and also the place where the buttons are to be secured to the fly and outer section of the said upper. The upper when being shifted is accurately moved by hand by reckoning the distance through the cooperation of the spacer 23 and the scale 27 the said spacer 23 being designed to indicate the point to aline the mark on the fly previously made, and its location with relation to the scale 27 and thereby determine the distance the said upper has been shifted with relation to the marker of the machine.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction and manner of operation of the device will be clearly understood, and therefore a more extended explanation has been omitted.

What is claimed is 1. In a machine for marking shoe uppers, the combination with a supporting arm, and a presser tool carried thereby, of markers superposed with relation to each other and arranged beneath the tool, means for raising the lowermost marker with respect to the other marker, said lowermost marker being provided with a graduating scale, and a movable work gage traversable over said scale and held at any predetermined adjustment thereon.

2. In a machine for marking shoe uppers, the combination with a supporting arm, and a presser tool carried thereby, of markers superposed with relation to each other and arranged beneath the tool, means for raising the lowermost marker With respect to In testimony whereof I aifix my signature {)he other narker, said lowgermost malrker in presence of tWo Witnesses.

eing provi ed with a gra uating sea e, a

movable Work gage traversable over said. GEORGE HURD' scale and automatically held against the Witnesses: work, and means for adjusting the gage to SAMUEL S. PARKER, limit its movement relative to the scale. CATHERINE GUAY.

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